The Jewish Question as S Racial, Moral and Cultural Question

Download or read book The Jewish Question as S Racial, Moral and Cultural Question written by Eugen Duhring and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eugen Duhring (1833-1921) was one of the most significant of the early socialist theoreticians, economists, and positivist philosophers who opposed the hijacking of original socialist thought by what Duhring called "Jewish agitators and intriguers" such as Ferdinand Lassalle and Karl Marx. Duhring's treatise on the Jews was the first major work to identify the Jewish Question not as a religious and cultural problem but, rather, as one based on the inherent and unchangeable character of the Jewish people. One important feature of Duhring's anti-Semitism is his clear distinction between the Jews and other Semites, and his consideration of the former as "the most vicious minting of the entire Semitic race." The Jewish religion, Duhring said, has no truly religious character but, instead, a markedly economic-political one which aims to dominate and exploit non-Jews. Indeed, the Jewish god Jehovah is nothing but an embodiment of the Jewish self-interest and represents the opposite of the Indo-European natural pantheon. Duhring was also firmly against the Marxist doctrine of class-warfare since he considered this to be a subversive strategy that furthered the opposition between the powerful warrior nobilities of the past and powerless social groups - to the advantage of the Jews. As a solution to the Jewish problem Duhring demanded the complete expulsion of Jews from western society. Duhring's radical realist and anti-religious worldview thus served as the philosophical backdrop to the emergence of Hitlerian anti-Semitism and marked a turning point in world history.